VENDETTA: LUCKY'S REVENGE

NY: HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. ltr. prnt (4th). Inscribed by Collins on the half-title page. "January 1997 To Nikki, Happy Reading! Jackie." A TLS on Collins' letterhead is laid-in. Dated "January, 31, 1997" to Nikki Haskell at her Los Angeles address. "Dear Nikki: Thanks for coming to my book party. You looked sensational, as usual! Here is a signed copy of Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge for your personal library. Fondest love, Jackie." Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The TLS is an 8.5x11" sheet fiolded in half; otherwise, in Fine condittion.. The inscriptee is Nikki Haskell, the Hollywood socialite who hosted parties for A-listers and was the creator of the "StarShape" diet system, by which she became know as "the Diet Queen to the Stars." She was also producer and host of "The Nikki Haskell Show," an early cable TV program. In 2013 Haskell declared bankruptcy amid being sued by New Orleans Saints offensive guard Jamar Nesbit, one of several NFL players who tested positive in 2007 for bumetanide, a diuretic used to mask anabolic steroids after taking, alledgedly, Haskell's "Star Caps" diet pills. Haskelll, thus, is a Collins prototype character. The fourth in her Santangelo novels series.. Inscribed & Dated by Author with Letter. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.